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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 10:55 PM Original message |
Why didn't Clinton reinstate the Fairness Doctrine? |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. If Kerry's win is big enough, he can change the law. |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. yup, clinton was just another corporate lapdog neoliberal |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He had eight years. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 03:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Like Clinton had a lot of support from the Democrats back in those days. |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 04:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Yep -signed the 1996 telecommunications act |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. When you watch a soap opera, do you ask why the actors play their parts? |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. yup, we should just try 20% of them for treason |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 06:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. reminds me |
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Leprechan29 (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. What exactly is the fairness doctrine? |
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TheWizardOfMudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Here is an excellent link |
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Leprechan29 (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Thanks |
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TheWizardOfMudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Here is the problem I have |
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DieboldMustDie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 12:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I don't see the Fairness Doctrine as contradicting the First Amendment. |
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DieboldMustDie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. The Fairness Doctrine required the broadcast media,... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Fairness Doctrine can only be re-instated by Congress. |
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Liberal Classic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. We now have |
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TheWizardOfMudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. The doctrine did not apply to movies |
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Liberal Classic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, I realize that he is a movie producer |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 08:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. you misrepresent the fairness doctrin |
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FDRrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. I won't argue that Clinton was a liberal... |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. He could have given it half a chance. |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeppers |
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TheWizardOfMudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. First Amendment problems? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. What needs to be done is |
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Leprechan29 (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. In its original form |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 06:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. we need a whole new Constitution |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Forget the Fairness Doctrine |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You just beat me to |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 08:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Thanks, It's Too Late For A Return To "Fairness Doctrine" |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why is the question, all right. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. 1987 |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. By Clinton's second term, Congress had been bought off. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
31. They would find a bunch of Alan Colmes like "liberals" |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. Why did Clinton sign the Telecommications act? |
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tinanator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-04 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. For the same reason his appointees RAPED the Pacifica network |
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